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Climate change will cause tons of flooding. I wont be surprised at the people who jump at a car like this.
by tetris11 3y ago
Climate change will cause tons of flooding. I wont be surprised at the people who jump at a car like this.
- belter 3y agoMeaning...You will avoid the hoards of hungry zombies, but still make it on time for golf?
- bink 3y agoDoes it come with a propeller and rudder? What's the point of floating if you have no control over where you end up?
- roughly 3y agoIt’s often better than sinking. They do say it can propel itself at 3km/hr and also turn in the water by spinning the wheels.
- lambdasquirrel 3y ago3km / hr does not get you very far if you’re paddling against a current. I hope that no one abuses the feature or use it to do the dumb things people often do when they see a flooded road.
- yial 3y agoIt sounds like it uses the wheels and tires to provide slight control and speed.
- raisedbyninjas 3y agoSo if there is any wind at all, your luxury SUV is just going to get blown around wherever the wind blows. I've personally never been to a lake with no wind. Maybe it's useful foolishly ford a washed washed out road and get swept down-river.
- lambdasquirrel 3y agoI wouldn’t say it’s that bad. 3km/hr is roughly the speed of a rec kayak, and people paddle those. But of course, it might create a false sense of security because weather that’d cause flooding…
- yial 3y agoI don’t disagree with you. Where I grew up there was a steel grated metal bridge. It would flood. Constantly someone in a truck would try to drive over, get swept against the guard rail, and have to be rescued by the local fire department. Eventually they just started sitting there in a truck whenever it flooded to prevent people from trying it. (It was a rural area… drive around those bridge closed signs ).
- AnarchismIsCool 3y agoIt has four wheel motors so theoretically it can steer to some degree in still water. Turing the wheels creates some force from water resistance.
- hgomersall 3y agoCue idiots that think they can drive across a river in spate because they can float.
- lambdasquirrel 3y agoI’d also worry about how well the car’s bottom deals with underwater obstructions. And of course that people who own this car would engage in the same sort of shenanigans that we see with Tesla Autopilot. The car’s interior is a welcome bit of originality compared to the styling in the usual high-end offerings.
- saagarjha 3y agoYes let’s buy a car that accelerates climate change!